Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
April 5, 2009
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Two brothers lose their mother to an incurable disease. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process fails, and as a toll for using this type of alchemy, the older brother, Edward Elric loses his left leg while the younger brother, Alphonse Elric loses his entire body. To save his brother, Edward sacrifices his right arm and is able to affix his brother's soul to a suit of armor. With the help of a family friend, Edward receives metal limbs - "automail" - to replace his lost ones. With that, Edward vows to search for the Philosopher's Stone to return the brothers to their original bodies, even if it means becoming a "State Alchemist", one who uses his/her alchemy for the military.
Written by theman773 on August 29, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
After watching the regular FMA, I decided to try out Brotherhood by recommendation of one of my friends and I have to agree with him that this is flat out much better than the original, though I would suggest to watch at least part of the original FMA before watching this version because it covers most of the basic alchemical rules that Brotherhood already assumes that you know. My favorite part of this anime is the homunculi and their various powers, Wrath is probably my favorite.